Child Princess Poems

What beauty is (to the geometrist),
     is the shape of the Golden Ratio!
Beauty is courage, the defiant fist
   ...

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Children's Poems III

These are poems for children and poems about children and their mothers, fathers, grandmother, grandfathers and extended families. 



Picturebook Princess
by Michael R. Burch

for...

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Once upon a time in a far-off land,
There lived a sweet princess so grand,
Her heart was tender, as kind as could be,
With eyes as bright...

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Gather 'round me, my dears,
I'll continue the tale
Of a princess and her pirate lover.
Of her crown unencumbered,
They pillaged and plundered
As they wandered the seven seas...

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Behind Enemy Lines

Behind

I followed through doors and passage ways
Roofs and small runways ..
The boy with a glint in his eye,
He took me up , high...

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I'm thrilled to say hello
to princess charming...
you're so adorable in that lovely glow;
do others envy you and keep ignoring 
what did it take to earn...

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I am the tangible wind 
the subtle breeze whispering 
passionate hints throughout 
uncharted mounds dancing
 
beneath the infamous sun
feeding hungry hearts gathering 
missing pieces holding...

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[paraphrase of a Svan folk song]

Tamar's mother said, "Tamar,
You were born fully grown.
Child, I saw you in a dream
I looked into the starlit sky and...

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Tiger’s head raises up quickly. What was that noise?
His lady is sleeping, and he wants quiet in the castle.
A young page whispers a shaky apology...

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"Alive is the Warrior Queen,     saviour in dire distress, 
           ...

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Arohee (one who ascends)


With a sweet,  smiling countenance sat little Aarohee,

Placing a finger on her cheeks, she, aged only three,

Draped in a little sari her...

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MY PRINCESS ANN DOMINIQUE
  She's my firstborn child.
  She's a sweet little darling, precious and adorable
  When she smiles she kept her...

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Hello my gorgeous baby 
My beautiful wonderful Angel. 
I love you with all of my heart
and I'm sorry if this message is painful.
there are some...

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It was a frozen winter made for cardigans and hot toddies 
she my mother, my first teacher, was feeling sad 
about what  she couldn't...

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Cherubic face focused intently on her task
Nervous tongue flicking across dry lips
Her tiny hands leaping across the keys
While her feet dangled above the pedals.

Her tulle-faced...

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